Legislation to address growing heroin use making progress to becoming law

12:36 AM,
Jan. 26, 2014

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The vote in the state Assembly on a package of bills to address heroin abuse and related crimes defied the usual party line voting to pass 96-0 about two weeks ago.

The four bills covering heroin opiate prevention and education legislation, nicknamed H.O.P.E., covers a multi-pronged approach to address the "heroin epidemic in Wisconsin," said Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, who co-authored the bill to allow trained first responders to administer Narcan, a drug that counters the effects of a heroin overdose.

Legislators expect the vote in the state Senate to be similar when the bills come to the ...